Ater Wynne has an active and wide-ranging telecommunications practice. We represent a variety of telecommunications providers, including competitive local exchange and interexchange carriers, and providers of cutting edge services such as voice over internet protocol, IPTV and DSL, fixed wireless and wireless providers, and other companies entering telecom markets. We also represent trade associations of the region's largest consumers of telecommunications services, providing extensive advice on the regulation and purchase of these services throughout the Northwest.
Business Advice
Client companies providing internet telephony, land line alternative provider services, routing and switching equipment, consumer and service provider software, as well as a wide variety of Internet applications, rely on Ater Wynne to provide them with structuring, financing, intellectual property, procurement, licensing, sales, land use and environmental, human resources, and other legal services critical to the success of emerging growth firms in this fast-moving industry. We advise on legal issues in the financing, operation and marketing of emerging telecommunications services. We act as general counsel to emerging growth companies focused on telecommunications services and products.
Regulatory Proceedings
Ater Wynne participates on a regular basis in cases before the Public Utility Commissions of Alaska, Oregon and Washington. We have also participated in proceedings in California, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah. Our representation has included lobbying on telecommunications legislation before state legislatures, as well as administrative and civil litigation. Our attorneys have experience with the FCC in both regulation and policy development. We have won precedent-setting telecommunications cases, including the landmark court decision establishing that there is no monopoly on local telephone service in the State of Washington.
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Bend Cable
Columbia Ventures Corporation
CommSpan
CSI Digitial, Inc.
Fibersphere Communications, Inc.
Integra Telecom
Level 3 Communications, LLC
Metro One Telecommunications, Inc.
R&S Internet, LLC
RIO Communications, Inc.
Time Warner Telecom of Oregon, LLC
TRACER Oregon
Umatilla Electric Cooperative Association
Washington e-Business and Telecommunications Coalition (WeBTEC, formerly TRACER Washington)
WebTech
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Telecommunications Attorneys:
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Arthur A. Butler (Contact, Seattle)
Peter H. Haller
Nathan A. Karman
Stephen J. Kennedy
Joel R. Paisner
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